Truck-wagon.



7 1- PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.

E. H. TYLER.

TRUCK WAGON.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1902.

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EDWIN I-IEWETT TYLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TRUCK-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,951, dated January 6, 1903.

Application filed February 12, 1902. Serial No. 93,663. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ED IN HEwETrTYLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Truck-Wagons, of which the following is a 'full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention relates to trnck-wagons that is, wagons used for hauling building materials, barrels, safes, &c., and which are provided with depending trucks upon which the materials are to be loaded.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the acoompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of a wagon embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a. plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 4: is a longitudinal section upon the line 4 i of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a rear elevation showing the wagon as carrying a plurality of trucks.

A stout frame 1*is mounted adjacent to one of its ends upon the turning-gear 2, which rests upon the wheels 3. The turning-gear may be of any desired pattern suitable for heavy vehicles. i

A massive axle 4 is arched, as shown, and is supported upon the rear wheels 5. The trucks 6 7 8 are merely flat boxes provided with lugs 9, whereby the same may be suspended from the chains 10 andll. Latticeracks 12 are provided with arms 13, which are hinged at 14, so as to normally swing loosely from the frame 1.

Hand-levers 15 ltiare provided with pawls 17 and 20, said pawls being normally pressed downward by means of the springs l8 l9. Ratchet-wheels 21 22 are actuated by means of these levers and pawls. Detents 23 24.

serve to hold the ratchet-wheels against backward rotation.

Beneath the trucks are feet 25', made, preferably, by bending the lower ends of the lugs 9 into the position indicated in Fig. 5. These feet serve to space the trucks asunder and also to space a truck from the ground, so that the workmen can secure a finger-holdupon the trucks.

By means of a book 26, mounted centrally upon the frame 1, engaging with a staple 27 on rial from falling over the edges of the truck,,

thus enabling. more material to be carried than would otherwise be the case. If the racks are not needed for the purpose indicated, they can be readily folded out of the way, as shown in Fig. 5. When it is desired to have a number of workmen load a plurality oftruoks independently, the trucks may be carried as indicated in Fig. 5. The trucks are lowered to the ground by means of the ratchet mechanism, and the workmen can readily separate them. The spaces afforded by the feet 25 enable the fingers of the workmen to be inserted between the trucks, as above mentioned.

In order to prevent the trucks from slipping upon each other, especially when a wagon is moving rapidly, the chains 10 11 may be tightened, so' as to draw the top truck rigidly against the arch of the axle, as shown more particularly in Fig. 5. The racks do not interfere with the position of the top truck when the same is againstthe axle, for the reason that the swinging racks are slightly narrower than the trucks.

By means of my invention a number of empty trucks can be conveyed to a place, loaded separately while the wagon is making another trip, and then carried'away one at a time by the wagonthat is, the wagon may drop the trucks empty and come""back for them when they are loaded. S0, also,'a loaded truck may be dropped and while the wagon is making another trip the truck may be un- -loaded, so that the wagon is never detained by either loading or unloading.

Building materials, barrels, boxes, safes, freight, and all objects which it is desired to handle practically on the ground may be readily loaded into a truck,- even when the wagon is somewhere else. As said trucks are flat and rest on the ground, the material can be loaded practically on the ground. No skids or bridges are necessary in loading, and no barrels or other merchandise can be broken by being dropped from the truck to the ground while loading or unloading.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A truck-wagon, comprising an axle, a frame connected therewith and partially supported thereon, racks connected with said frame and normally free to swing, flexible members connected with said frame and normally depending therefrom, and a truck supported upon said flexible members and normally free to engage said racks, the arrangement being such that said truck and said racks together virtually constitute a crate below said axle.

2. A truck-wagon comprising an axle, a frame connected therewith and partially supported thereon, racks flexibly connected with said frame and normally depending therefrom, means for folding said racks compactly beneath said frame at will, and a truck suspended beneath said frame and normally engaging said racks when the same are unfolded.

3. A truck-wagon comprising an axle, a frame engaging the same, independent lever and ratchet mechanisms mounted upon said frame in front and in rear of said axle, and spaced therefrom for the purpose of substantially balancing the entire load upon said rear axle, flexible members connected with said lever and ratchet mechanisms, and a longitudinal truck provided adjacent to its ends with separate groups of lugs to be engaged by said flexible member, the arrangement being such that said truck is balanced upon said axle.

4. A truckwagon, comprising an arched axle, a frame connected therewith and partially supported thereby, racks flexibly connected with the said frame and normally free to depend therefrom, means controlled at will for folding said racks beneath said axle and for unfolding the same, separate lever and ratchet mechanisms mounted upon said frame and disposed respectively in front and in rear of said axle, flexible connections engaging said lever and ratchet mechanisms, and a longitudinal truck provided at its respective ends with lugs to be engaged by said flexible connections, the arrangement being such that the respective ends of said truck may be raised and lowered independently, at will, said racks may be folded and unfolded at will, and said racks may at will be caused to engage and disengage said axle.

5. A truck-wagon, comprising an axle provided with an arch, a frame connected with said axle and partially supported thereby, flexible members connected with said frame, means for raising and lowering the said flexible members, trucks adapted to be stacked upon each other in the form of acolumn and also adapted to engage the said flexible members, each truck being provided with means for spacing it from an adjacent truck, and said trucks being of a width less than the internal width of said arch, the arrangement being such that a column of such trucks resting upon the ground may be raised bodily upward so that the top of said column engages the arch of said axle and is braced thereby.

6. Atruck-wagon,comprisingaframe,front and rear axles, racks hinged upon said frame and normally depending therefrom, means for folding sa 'i racks beneath the said rear axle, and a tuck suspended by flexible members of variabl length, the arrangement being such that s .id racks may be folded compactly beneath the axle or may be used in conjunction with the truck, as desired.

7. A truck-wagon, comprising a front axle, a rear axle having substantially the form of an arch, a frame resting upon said axles, a truck depending from said frame and supported by flexible members disposed upon opposite sides of said rear axle, a pair of racks hinged upon said frame and free to fold within said arch, means for holding said racks thus folded, and means controllable at will for raising and lowering said truck.

8. Atruck-wagon,comprisingaframe,front and rear axles, the rear axle having the gen- EDWIN HEWETT TYLER.

Witnesses:

WALTER HARRISON, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

